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Subscribers 5.8M

Videos 1.3K

Views 1.0B

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Timeline - World History Documentaries covers world history through long-form documentaries and series sourced from major broadcasters, focusing on ancient civilizations, world wars, and 20th-century history. The channel appears to publish in-depth content that appeals to history enthusiasts, with tutorials-like exploration and broad documentary storytelling, and it averages around 637.1K views per video across 1,300 uploads since joining in 2017.

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#1

Kings and Generals view on YouTube

78% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 18

SERP 77%

Similarity 79%

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Both channels focus on detailed historical narratives with a strong emphasis on military history and warfare across eras, evident in overlapping queries like medieval Europe history and naval history battles, with a high content similarity (79%) to Timeline.

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#2

National Geographic view on YouTube

78% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 11K

Views 6.9B

Appearances 20

SERP 100%

Similarity 63%

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National Geographic covers broad world history topics and ancient civilizations similar to Timeline, matching on queries like ancient civilizations and ancient Egypt history, though its content breadth differs (63% content similarity) from Timeline's documentary style.

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#3

HISTORY view on YouTube

74% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 21

SERP 82%

Similarity 69%

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HISTORY shares a focus on ancient civilizations and WWII campaigns alongside Timeline, aligning on major history topics and campaigns though Timeline’s presentation is more documentary-style narration, reflected by a 69% content similarity.

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#4

Fall of Civilizations view on YouTube

74% relevance

Subscribers 1.5M

Videos 45

Views 209.1M

Appearances 16

SERP 68%

Similarity 78%

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Both channels explore long arcs of civilizations and their declines, sharing queries about ancient civilizations and empires rise and fall, with Fall of Civilizations showing similar content emphasis (78% content) to Timeline.

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#5

Epic History view on YouTube

70% relevance

Subscribers 3.0M

Videos 298

Views 390.5M

Appearances 7

SERP 59%

Similarity 77%

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Epic History mirrors Timeline’s emphasis on historical warfare and WWII campaigns, attracting similar search queries and displaying strong content overlap (77%) in its war-focused documentaries.

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History Time view on YouTube

67% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 165

Views 202.0M

Appearances 15

SERP 56%

Similarity 75%

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History Time targets medieval Europe, ancient Mediterranean civilizations, and Britain’s history—topics that overlap with Timeline’s coverage, though its content style diverges enough to yield a 75% content match.

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Discovered competitors include Kings and Generals (78% match, 4.1M subscribers) and National Geographic (78% match, 25.9M subscribers), both sharing queries like medieval Europe history, ancient civilizations, and world history documentaries. HISTORY (74% match, 15.2M subscribers) also overlaps on ancient civilizations, ancient Egypt history, and WWII campaigns overview. The top two by match are Kings and Generals and National Geographic, with Timeline having a smaller subscriber base (5.8M) than both. All three channels compete for searches around ancient civilizations, world history, and WWII-related content.

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#8	67%	Geo History	72%	1.0M	59%	7
#9	65%	SandRhoman History	74%	511K	53%	16
#10	61%	History Hit	75%	1.9M	41%	7
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#12	59%	Get.factual	76%	818K	35%	5
#13	58%	The Infographics Show	68%	15.4M	42%	8
#14	58%	Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries	80%	1.0M	24%	5
#15	56%	Inspire Education	67%	31.8K	39%	7
#16	55%	Made In History	72%	219K	30%	7
#17	54%	CrashCourse	63%	16.9M	41%	12
#18	54%	Beginning To Now	70%	296K	30%	6
#19	54%	Real Time History	72%	677K	28%	7
#20	54%	See U in History / Mythology	76%	2.4M	22%	5
#21	53%	History Mapped Out	75%	160K	19%	4
#22	53%	Possible History	73%	260K	22%	3
#23	52%	History Matters	72%	1.9M	23%	7
#24	52%	CollapX \| Where History Collapses	74%	190K	19%	3
#25	52%	Nautical Lore	71%	18.7K	23%	4
#26	52%	Simple History	73%	5.1M	19%	3
#27	51%	The Intel Report	76%	278K	14%	2
#28	51%	Knowledgia	72%	2.2M	20%	6
#29	51%	A. J. Merrick	74%	93K	16%	1
#30	51%	The Histocrat	70%	605K	22%	4
#31	51%	World History Encyclopedia	76%	130K	14%	3
#32	50%	Epimetheus	72%	707K	18%	2
#33	50%	All Out History - Premium History Documentaries	74%	300K	15%	3
#34	50%	Astraway	73%	1.6M	16%	1
#35	50%	Dan Davis History	72%	371K	16%	6
#36	49%	5 MINUTES	73%	30.7K	13%	4
#37	49%	The Life Guide	72%	1.1M	14%	3
#38	48%	Simpatico	68%	1.7K	19%	2
#39	48%	Blundera	65%	35.8K	21%	2
#40	47%	UsefulCharts	69%	2.0M	15%	2
#41	47%	Weird History	69%	4.7M	15%	2
#42	47%	Universe Inside You	69%	2.1M	14%	3
#43	47%	Thoughty2	68%	5.7M	15%	2
#44	46%	Frisco Dojenia	63%	4.1K	21%	3
#45	46%	Overly Sarcastic Productions	67%	2.5M	14%	5
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#47	45%	Trust Me Bro	66%	1.2M	13%	2
#48	44%	Insider	61%	9.5M	18%	4

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Timeline - World History Documentaries?

Timeline - World History Documentaries' biggest competitors on YouTube are Kings and Generals (78% match, 4.1M subscribers), National Geographic (78% match, 25.9M subscribers), and HISTORY (74% match, 15.2M subscribers). They share a focus on history, long-form documentary style, and topic coverage of world events and warfare.

What type of content does Timeline - World History Documentaries make?

Timeline - World History Documentaries creates history-focused, long-form documentary content, as evidenced by titles like The Rise & Demise Of Ancient Egypt Explained, The Gathering Storm, Lightning War, Britain At Bay, and Hitler Strikes East. The channel averages about 637.1K views per video and posts with a similar frequency to maintain an ongoing stream of historical documentaries.

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